Tech Roundup

The tech companies on Wednesday announced that they have forged a partnership that gives broadcast media "a complete solution" incorporating routers, automated playout and master control systems.

Futuri Media has bulked up its sales and development ranks by bringing in a Cox Media Group/Tampa veteran as its new Product Manager for #engage and its Futuri Mobile product, and welcoming a pair of National Account Managers. At the same time, the company now seeks a new Director of TopicPulse Strategic Initiatives.

Streaming solutions provider StreamGuys has partnered up with audio tech company Digigram on an agreement that brings Digigram’s blu live audio contribution service to the U.S. and Canada. To accomplish this, blu is now available as a joint offering running on StreamGuys’ cloud infrastructure.

Tech company Vipology has introduced its first smart speaker skills product, Vipology Smart Speaker System (VS3), to the radio industry. The launch comes as the company has signed a group deal with Adams Radio Group, providing the company's 24 radio stations with the technology.

Local Radio Networks (LRN) and SMARTS Broadcast Systems have entered into an arrangement that makes delivery of LRN’s 24/7 music formats compatible with the SMARTS Skylla System and available to all SMARTS Skylla affiliates.

A company known for its array of keyboard/video/mouse (KVM)  switches and transmitters has chosen the upcoming 2018 NAB Show in Las Vegas as the venue at which it will unveil what it claims to be a technological first.

Point Source Audio (PSA), known for its miniature microphones and headsets, has named a pro audio industry veteran as its Vice President of Global Partnerships. The appointment comes as Point Source Audio celebrates its 10th anniversary.

How important is your station's digital and/or social presence? Nearly 280 million people, or 85% of the U.S. population, will go online at least once a month in 2018. That stunning takeaway comes from the latest look at U.S. digital media users by eMarketer. In just four years, the number of users will climb to nearly 300 million.

In this guest Media Information Bureau column, Tribe Pictures CEO and Creative Director Vern Oakley discusses how "fake news" is old news and why "fake video" is the new threat — thanks to emerging technology that will allow the manufacturing of authentic-looking video your staff may not be able to flag as phony. Reading this could very well keep your stations' integrity in check.

A big provider of AI and cognitive solutions to broadcast media has just finalized new multi-market license agreements with four radio broadcasting companies. The news comes as the company, Veritone Inc., inks a renewal of its existing license agreement with Hubbard Radio.

Now available from Gen Media Partners and Synchronicity.co—a new hardware + distributed computing platform that manages all aspects of a radio station's programming playout. Introducing Sync Harmony, which features technology that is completely integrated with Syncronicity's SyncHD media management platform. The tool is designed to simplify a radio station's audio playout, while delivering a new level of HD sound quality.

A new cloud-based software built to manage the operational needs of smaller facilities has been launched by broadcast, production and media services tech provider Xytech. It's a subscription-based offering that takes three days to install. 

Users of a cloud-based radio automation platform from ENCO have a whole new look to look forward to, should they be attending the 2018 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The conference and expo will see ENCO unveil the second generation of its WebDAD automated studio workflow system. The update, says ENCO, allows broadcasters to take full, native control of the radio station from any networked location.

"Significant strides in interoperable audio networking" are on the way for radio and TV broadcasters. The company ready to deliver the tool it believes will accomplish this task is GatesAir.